Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-08-26
General 11ems.
DONE STIC,

MORE uIlan seven million trade dollars
have been redeemed.
The revised list of fatalities of the
Chatsworth disaster makes the number
20.
The five thousand operatives of the
Harmony Mills at Cohoes, n. Y. are still
out on strike.
DIR. McGlynn is about to become the
editor of daily newspaper devoted to
his labor cause in New York.
a bloody riot among 300 Pennsylvania
miners at Glen Lyon Sunday resulted in
sixty being seriously injured.
Sheriff Kendall is still in pursuit of the
hostile Utes. and renforcements have
been sent to his assistance.
y Phillips, Me-, man admits being hired
to poison family with paris green. The
price was 50, but he overdid the lob and
the victims recovered.
The village of Degraff, Logan county.
Ohio. place of 1900 inhabitants. was
almost entirely destroyed by fire Satur-
day night; loss about $4,000
Prof. O. 5. Fowler, the noted phrenolo-
gist and lecturer died suddenly Thurs
day of spinal trouble at his residence
near Sharon Station. CT.
An elevator. loaded with operatives.
fell three stories in New York, the other
day. and one woman was killed and
dozen were more or less injured
The new merchandise postal system
with Mexico is rendered partially inoper-
atlve by the fact that there is no inter-
national money order service between the
two countries.
1t i, said that tobacco men wish to re-
duce the official statement of the probable
crop in order that they may sell to French
and German buyers at higher prce,.
The sentence of Cashier Chadwick, who
embezzled the funds of the Pacific nation
al bank of Nantucket, Mass. has been
committed by the President from five to
three years.
President Cleveland's substitute during
the war. George Brinske. has Just died at
Bath, y. Y. He had been suffering from
consumption for some weeks. and hi, con-
dtion had been critical for several days.
He died at the soldiers Home. where he
has been IA long time
The storm which prevailed along the
North Carolina coast Saturday was the
most destructive that has visited that sec
ton for years. Vessels were disabled
and telegraph poles were blown down
and broken. The wind at Kitty Hauk
reached a velocity of l25 miles an hour
Louis DeBeck. post trader at the
Charlestown (Mass.) navy yard, has sud-
denly become a millionaire by the sur
render of an immense estate which the
Holland government has held in Java for
ten years, and which it was supposed
was left without heirs by its dead owner.
Five railroad casualties were added to
the list Friday; Freight train wrecked
at Nashua, and another at Milford, Mass;
a collision on the Baltimore and Ohio. by
which several employees We're fatally hurt;
collision on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy. and partial deraiment of an eN-
press on the Pittsburg and Cleveland.
The famous breach of promise case
against Lucky Baldwin has been reopen
ed at san Francisco. 1t was supposed
thar the suit had been settled out of court
for $4,000. but Miss Perkins gets the
case continued on the ground that she
was duped by Baldwin or his agent into
believing that her counsel intended to
sell her out.
Miss Sarah IL. Dodge was arrested
Monday night at Gardner, H.. on a
charge of being the murderess OF w. :.
Babcock. the Chicago lumber man who is
just dead. from Il mysterious pistol shot
received AT that place. Miss Dodge is 81
wears of age and has been living with her
mother ON farm. BabcocK frequently
visited them and seems to have paid
marked attentions recentlyto the daugh-
ter. although she is far from attractive.
There is gossip that Babcocbi borrowed
considerable money from one or both of
the women. Miss Dodge has Il reputa-
ton as dead shot.
Jim Harris. alias Charley Parker, who
robbed the army paymaster's wagon con-
tanning $1,000, at Douglas, Wy, March Is,
was arrested Thursday at Candy, Logan
county, Neb., by sheriff Doan. When the
sheriff surprised him, he seized Doan's
arm in his teeth, and it was only after his
throat had been cut almost from ear TO
ear that he relinquished his hold and sur
rendered. His wounds are not fatal.
Three thousand dollars of the army funds
was found on his person. The greater
part of the money was taken from him
a week ago by three other outlaws, who
overlook him on the Dismal river and
overpowered him as he was in camp cook
ing and not in reach of his weapons. One